Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-1715

Title: Mcafee Application Control Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-1715.

CWE Category CWE-189
Published Date Jan 12, 2016
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.6 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.31%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-1715: The swin.sys kernel driver in McAfee Application Control (MAC) 6.1.0 before build 706, 6.1.1 before build 404, 6.1.2 before build 449, 6.1.3 before build 441, and 6.2.0 before build 505 on 32-bit Windows platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or gain privileges via a 768 syscall, which triggers a zero to be written to an arbitrary kernel memory location.

Impacted Vendors

M
mcafee 1
I
ivanti 1

Reference Links

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-007 https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10145 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-007 https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10145
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.6
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-1715 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.